The Spaniard, who was knocked out of Wimbledon at the hands of the Dane, admitted to suffering under the pressure which led to him taking a low serve as they tied in the super tie-break. “I was shaking. I don’t know what would have happened if I had been brave,” he said after the loss.
The Dane Holger Rune (6th in the ATP ranking) qualified for the round of 16 of Wimbledon after beating the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (34th), by partials of 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (8) , completing a tough four-hour, 12-minute match. Without a doubt, a game.
The duel had a definition of heart attack. The Nordic scored several match points against him and managed to level the score in the definition of the fifth set. There was tension on the ATP’s third court. Already in the super tie-break, tied 8-8, a situation would arise that would take all the flashes.
Davidovich decided to shoot from below to surprise Rune. On the contrary, he reacted quickly and won the point with a cross return. Later he condemned the match and ended up qualifying for the knockout stages of the third Grand Slam of the year. As soon as the play started, the audience began to murmur. Some blunders and whistles even felt like a way of questioning what the Hispanic had done.
Davidovitch’s confession
The situation generated an immediate impact for those present. However, it was Davidovitch himself who took it upon himself to explain it after the meeting:I have shit, as an Andalusian would say. I didn’t want to play the game. I was shaking and it’s one more experience that I take with me. I don’t know what would have happened if I had played brave. Next time will be he pointed out after coming across Rune.
In this sense, the Spaniard assured that he had distanced himself from social networks with the aim of taking care of his mental health: “I don’t have any (social) networks for mental well-being, so I can’t imagine what they say about me. Many hours are spent on it and perhaps it is better to spend time reading or doing other more efficient things. I did not lose the game because of this move. He had had two balls to win before. He first went up to the net and then he gave me a good service,” he said.
The Malaga man referred to his rival’s greater mental strength: “Me, in 8-8, I shit. He with 15-40 was braver and won the match. He was braver at key times. Of course the defeat hurts, but I’m happy with the level I gave,” he said.
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